NDSU's Konz, SDSU's Seidlitz Win Weekly Softball Awards
PLAYER
Brea Konz, North Dakota State
So., Sioux Falls, S.D./Roosevelt
Konz captures her first Player of the Week award this season after
hitting .667 (4-for-6), with three doubles, a .778 on-base
percentage and a 1.167 slugging percentage against Western
Illinois, previously unbeaten in league play. The Sioux Falls,
S.D., native matched her career-high with a pair of doubles in the
7-4 win over the Fighting Leathernecks on April 16.
Also nominated: Amy Raker, IUPUI; Taylor Hill, UMKC;
Kylie Schalz, Oakland; Ashley Durazo, South Dakota State; Norian
James, Southern Utah; Julie DePolo, Western Illinois.
Previous winners: Feb. 15 - Melissa Chmielewski, North Dakota
State, Feb. 22 - Nicole Rivera, North Dakota State; March 1 -
Kristina Karpun, IPFW; March 8 - Melissa Chmielewski, North Dakota
State; March 15 - Kristina Karpun, IPFW; March 22 - Melissa
Chmielewski, North Dakota State; March 29 - Jamie Goss, Western
Illinois; April 5 - Anna Sokolik, UMKC; April 12 - Alicia Hayes,
IUPUI.
PITCHER
Kori
Seidlitz, South Dakota State
Fr., Mountlake Terrace, Wash./Mountlake
Terrace
Seidlitz earns her first career Pitcher of the Week award tossing
18.2 innings with 15 strikeouts and two victories on the week. In
league play, Seidlitz recorded nine strikeouts over seven innings
in the second game of a doubleheader against IUPUI for the win.
Against in-state rival South Dakota, the freshman tossed eight
innings allowing one run and five strikeouts.
Also nominated: Anna Sokolik, UMKC; Bubba Kearns, Southern
Utah; Lori Pankratz, Western Illinois.
Previous winners: Feb. 15 - Randi Parks, North Dakota State;
Feb. 22 - Kamren Ferguson, Western Illinois; March 1 - Whitney
Johnson, North Dakota State; March 8 - Anna Sokolik, UMKC; March 15
- Lauren Highsmith, Centenary; March 22 - Kamren Ferguson, Western
Illinois; March 29 - Courtney Cronin, IPFW; April 5 - Marisa
Everitt, Oakland; April 12 - Courtney Cronin, IPFW/Kamren Ferguson,
Western Illinois.
